Background
Okazawa-Rey, Margo was born on November 26, 1949 in Kobe, Japan. Daughter of Sidney Mayfield and Kazuko (Okazawa) R.
( This indispensable reference is a comprehensive guide t...)
This indispensable reference is a comprehensive guide to significant issues, policies, historical events, laws, theories, and persons related to the education of African-Americans in the United States. Through several hundred alphabetically arranged entries, the volume chronicles the history of African-American education from the systematic, long-term denial of schooling to blacks before the Civil War, to the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau and the era of Reconstruction, to Brown v. Board of Education and the civil rights reforms of the last few decades. Entries are written by expert contributors and contain valuable bibliographies, while a selected bibliography of general sources concludes the volume. The African-American population is unique in that its educational history includes as law and public policy the systematic, long-term denial of the acquisition of knowledge. In the 18th century, African-Americans were initially legally forbidden to be taught academic subjects in the South, where most African-Americans lived. This period, which ended around 1865 with the conclusion of the Civil War and the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau, was followed by the introduction of laws, policies, and practices providing for rudimentary education for 69 years under the dual-school, separate-but-equal policies established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). These policies did not end until the Brown v. Board of Education decisions of 1954 and 1955 were reinforced by the passage of civil rights and equal opportunity legislation in the mid-1960s. The education of African-Americans has been a continuing moral, political, legal, economic, and psychological issue throughout this country's history. It continues to consume time and attention, and it remains an unresolved dilemma for the nation. Through several hundred alphabetically arranged entries, this indispensable reference offers a comprehensive overview of significant issues, policies, historical events, laws, persons, and theories related to African-American education from the early years of this country to the present day. The entries are written by expert contributors, and each entry includes a bibliography of works for further reading. A selected, general bibliography concludes the volume.
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Okazawa-Rey, Margo was born on November 26, 1949 in Kobe, Japan. Daughter of Sidney Mayfield and Kazuko (Okazawa) R.
Bachelor, Capital University, 1973. Master of Social Work, Boston University, 1974. Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1987.
Social worker Hayden Goodwill Inn School, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1975. Area drug coordinator, program director Fuller Mental Health Center Drug Program, Roxbury, 1975-1979. Assistant professor New Hampshire College, Manchester, 1979-1983.
Founder, teacher women's educational and vocational enrichment program Women Inc., Roxbury, 1980-1983. Assistant professor social work Simmons College, Boston, 1984-1988, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1988-1989. Professor, undergraduate program coordinator San Francisco State University, 1990—2003.
Associate fellow Institute Policy Studies, Washington, since 1990. Director Women's Leadership Institute, visiting professor women's studies Mills. College, Oakland, California, since 2003.
Head trainer anti-racism training group Washington School, 1991. Jane Watson Irwin visiting professor in Women's studies Hamilton College, 1999-2000.
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Advisory board Shanti Project, San Francisco, since 1990. Board directors Afro-Asian Relations Council of Washington, since 1990. Co-founder E. Asia-United States Women's Network Against Militarism, since 1997.
Member Council on Social Work Education, Bertha Capen Reynolds Society.